Darren Hupke
@darrenhupke.bsky.social
Video game book maker (32 Bit Library, Retro Game Zine). Writer. Podcast host (Complete Discography, Pixels and Polygons). Owner of @pixelsandpolygons.net
Links to my books, podcast, and creative output below 👇
https://linktr.ee/darrenhupke
Links to my books, podcast, and creative output below 👇
https://linktr.ee/darrenhupke
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Darren Hupke
@darrenhupke.bsky.social
· May 10
For new and interested followers:
I’m Darren Hupke! I do a lot of different things in the retro gaming world.
I’m a writer:
📚32 Bit Library
I’m a publisher:
📖 Retro Game Zine
I’m a podcaster:
🎙️Pixels and Polygons
Find out more about all of these projects right here: linktr.ee/darrenhupke
I’m Darren Hupke! I do a lot of different things in the retro gaming world.
I’m a writer:
📚32 Bit Library
I’m a publisher:
📖 Retro Game Zine
I’m a podcaster:
🎙️Pixels and Polygons
Find out more about all of these projects right here: linktr.ee/darrenhupke
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This if your friendly reminder to put more than one video game book on your 2025 Gaming Gift Guide.
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This if your friendly reminder to put more than one video game book on your 2025 Gaming Gift Guide.
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Keys of Fury: Typing Action launches today!
I'm running an AMA on Reddit under
r/pcgaming
Stop by and Ask Me Anything!
I'm running an AMA on Reddit under
r/pcgaming
Stop by and Ask Me Anything!
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Keys of Fury: Typing Action launches today!
I'm running an AMA on Reddit under
r/pcgaming
Stop by and Ask Me Anything!
I'm running an AMA on Reddit under
r/pcgaming
Stop by and Ask Me Anything!
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I shared a bit about what I have been working on lately. Read my newest progress report right now!
Progress Report: 32 Bit Library Greatest Hits Volume 1 | Pixels and Polygons
Get more from Pixels and Polygons on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I shared a bit about what I have been working on lately. Read my newest progress report right now!
You know what’s been in my head? The name “Demonschool,” but sung like Evenflow by Pearl Jam.
a man is sitting on a balcony with a camera on his head .
Alt: Eddie Vedder diving into a crowd at an early Pearl Jam concert
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
You know what’s been in my head? The name “Demonschool,” but sung like Evenflow by Pearl Jam.
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The final piece of the Retro Game Zine 2025 ANNUAL came in…
Check out the wonderful artwork by @wiloverton.bsky.social!
We’ve got our mascots, Pixel and Polygon, in the center, but surrounding them is a representation of every game covered this year collected in the book.
I love it!
Check out the wonderful artwork by @wiloverton.bsky.social!
We’ve got our mascots, Pixel and Polygon, in the center, but surrounding them is a representation of every game covered this year collected in the book.
I love it!
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The final piece of the Retro Game Zine 2025 ANNUAL came in…
Check out the wonderful artwork by @wiloverton.bsky.social!
We’ve got our mascots, Pixel and Polygon, in the center, but surrounding them is a representation of every game covered this year collected in the book.
I love it!
Check out the wonderful artwork by @wiloverton.bsky.social!
We’ve got our mascots, Pixel and Polygon, in the center, but surrounding them is a representation of every game covered this year collected in the book.
I love it!
Retail manager?
Well, kids, it started when I dropped out of high school, scoring high on state tests (top 95% in the state of CA the two years I was enrolled!) but absolutely not going to put effort into homework. I got a job young and am too smart to quit and too dumb to quit.
Well, kids, it started when I dropped out of high school, scoring high on state tests (top 95% in the state of CA the two years I was enrolled!) but absolutely not going to put effort into homework. I got a job young and am too smart to quit and too dumb to quit.
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Retail manager?
Well, kids, it started when I dropped out of high school, scoring high on state tests (top 95% in the state of CA the two years I was enrolled!) but absolutely not going to put effort into homework. I got a job young and am too smart to quit and too dumb to quit.
Well, kids, it started when I dropped out of high school, scoring high on state tests (top 95% in the state of CA the two years I was enrolled!) but absolutely not going to put effort into homework. I got a job young and am too smart to quit and too dumb to quit.
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🔺 THANKS A MILLION 🔺
Zelda II’s reputation must be rehabilitated, goddamnit! Andre is joined by Gooey of @flashback64.com to talk about why they love the one and only Adventure of Link in this first part of a two-part series.
Listen Now ⚡️
Zelda II’s reputation must be rehabilitated, goddamnit! Andre is joined by Gooey of @flashback64.com to talk about why they love the one and only Adventure of Link in this first part of a two-part series.
Listen Now ⚡️
In Love with Zelda 2 | Forgotten Worlds | SuperPod Network
When Zelda II: The Adventure of Link hit the scene in 1988, it was celebrated as the rightful classic that it is, or at least that's how we remember it. But...
superpodnetwork.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Do you want me to ask a question of your choosing as an icebreaker for a future episode? Well, you can submit your own questions if you support the show at the $1 tier (or higher), and I'll even give you a shout-out if I pick your question! Check it out right here:
Pixels and Polygons | Patreon
Publishing books, zines, and podcasts about retro video games.
patreon.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Do you want me to ask a question of your choosing as an icebreaker for a future episode? Well, you can submit your own questions if you support the show at the $1 tier (or higher), and I'll even give you a shout-out if I pick your question! Check it out right here:
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Books With Pictures, one of America's Great Comic Book Stores needs your help. Donate if you can. Spread the word if you cannot. gofund.me/370c0f95a
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help.
I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
gofund.me
November 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Books With Pictures, one of America's Great Comic Book Stores needs your help. Donate if you can. Spread the word if you cannot. gofund.me/370c0f95a
This is almost a 15-year-old comic, but the Archie Mega Man book was rad and is getting collected in a hardcover for the first time. I backed it, and you should too!
zoop.gg/c/megamanadv...
zoop.gg/c/megamanadv...
Mega Man Adventures Vol.1 - Deluxe Edition Hardcover
It's the Blue Bomber’s classic comic book adventures, collected for the first time in a luxurious hardcover tome!
This limited Deluxe Edition includes an exclusive foil cover treatment, 9 trading car...
zoop.gg
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is almost a 15-year-old comic, but the Archie Mega Man book was rad and is getting collected in a hardcover for the first time. I backed it, and you should too!
zoop.gg/c/megamanadv...
zoop.gg/c/megamanadv...
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free shipping on MGS items at Fangamer, if you wanna pick up the official cyborg ninja pin I designed 🥷✨
www.fangamer.com/search?q=met...
www.fangamer.com/search?q=met...
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
free shipping on MGS items at Fangamer, if you wanna pick up the official cyborg ninja pin I designed 🥷✨
www.fangamer.com/search?q=met...
www.fangamer.com/search?q=met...
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I have once again forgotten to promote a video when it goes live
Please forgive, it will happen again
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LgBq...
Please forgive, it will happen again
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LgBq...
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I have once again forgotten to promote a video when it goes live
Please forgive, it will happen again
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LgBq...
Please forgive, it will happen again
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LgBq...
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The big tech run internet SUCKS, so I learned how to run a VPS and built my own forum. It's old school and modern. It's got signatures and chat. We're doing jams and sharing our art and talking about games. We do not abide bigotry or gen AI.
You are always welcome at theunderscore.xyz
You are always welcome at theunderscore.xyz
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The big tech run internet SUCKS, so I learned how to run a VPS and built my own forum. It's old school and modern. It's got signatures and chat. We're doing jams and sharing our art and talking about games. We do not abide bigotry or gen AI.
You are always welcome at theunderscore.xyz
You are always welcome at theunderscore.xyz
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I’m curious to ask; what is the first skateboarding game (or game with skateboarding in it) you ever played?
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m curious to ask; what is the first skateboarding game (or game with skateboarding in it) you ever played?
I’ve already seen more than four posts about the name “GabeCube” and two of them have claimed coining the term.
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I’ve already seen more than four posts about the name “GabeCube” and two of them have claimed coining the term.
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Should #videogames receive fewer patches? What is gained—and lost—when games can be endlessly refined?
@mcconnell.bsky.social raised these ideas on a past #podcast of @pixelsandpolygons.net, and we go further into that topic with him in a new episode.
👇🏻
www.soundstone.network/kirby-conver...
@mcconnell.bsky.social raised these ideas on a past #podcast of @pixelsandpolygons.net, and we go further into that topic with him in a new episode.
👇🏻
www.soundstone.network/kirby-conver...
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Should #videogames receive fewer patches? What is gained—and lost—when games can be endlessly refined?
@mcconnell.bsky.social raised these ideas on a past #podcast of @pixelsandpolygons.net, and we go further into that topic with him in a new episode.
👇🏻
www.soundstone.network/kirby-conver...
@mcconnell.bsky.social raised these ideas on a past #podcast of @pixelsandpolygons.net, and we go further into that topic with him in a new episode.
👇🏻
www.soundstone.network/kirby-conver...
Bold.
I love the design of this book.
I love the design of this book.
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Bold.
I love the design of this book.
I love the design of this book.
I’m curious to ask; what is the first skateboarding game (or game with skateboarding in it) you ever played?
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m curious to ask; what is the first skateboarding game (or game with skateboarding in it) you ever played?
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We’ve actually got a little while to go before we hit 4k followers but it would be cool. Tell ur friends about us!
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We’ve actually got a little while to go before we hit 4k followers but it would be cool. Tell ur friends about us!
This is news to me. Wow.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is news to me. Wow.
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You can digitally and physically buy the new issue of Retro Game Zine today!
Head over to pixelsandpolygons.net for your own physical copy, or purchase it digitally right here: www.patreon.com/posts/retro-...
Big thanks to @mckliz.bsky.social for the contribution in this issue!
Head over to pixelsandpolygons.net for your own physical copy, or purchase it digitally right here: www.patreon.com/posts/retro-...
Big thanks to @mckliz.bsky.social for the contribution in this issue!
Retro Game Zine 011 - Harvest Moon | Pixels and Polygons
Get more from Pixels and Polygons on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
You can digitally and physically buy the new issue of Retro Game Zine today!
Head over to pixelsandpolygons.net for your own physical copy, or purchase it digitally right here: www.patreon.com/posts/retro-...
Big thanks to @mckliz.bsky.social for the contribution in this issue!
Head over to pixelsandpolygons.net for your own physical copy, or purchase it digitally right here: www.patreon.com/posts/retro-...
Big thanks to @mckliz.bsky.social for the contribution in this issue!
I love Mohawk Storm.
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I love Mohawk Storm.
New zines! I didn’t know they’d be so… small! Not that there’s anything wrong with that! Digging in this afternoon (after I do some work on my own zines, actually).
Check out @mathewkumar.com to get your own, there are digital options and a physical ones still in stock.
Check out @mathewkumar.com to get your own, there are digital options and a physical ones still in stock.
November 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
New zines! I didn’t know they’d be so… small! Not that there’s anything wrong with that! Digging in this afternoon (after I do some work on my own zines, actually).
Check out @mathewkumar.com to get your own, there are digital options and a physical ones still in stock.
Check out @mathewkumar.com to get your own, there are digital options and a physical ones still in stock.